The "Almost Famous" and "Jerry Maguire" director has a soft spot for down-on-their-luck characters in search of redemption, and "Aloha" very much fits the same mold. That's apparent within the first eight minutes, which The Huffington Post and its parent company, AOL, are premiering exclusively ahead of the nationwide release on Friday. In the clip, we meet the film's three leads: Cooper plays a disgraced military contractor completing a mission in Hawaii, Stone stars as an Air Force pilot assigned to work with him and Rachel McAdams portrays a still-burning flame who is now married with two children. Naturally, sparks fly from all corners, squeezing "Aloha" squarely into the increasingly rare romantic-comedy genre.

Watch The First 8 Minutes Of Bradley Cooper And Emma Stone's New Rom-Com 'Aloha'

Summer Movie Preview 2015

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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" (May 1)

Writen and directed by Joss Whedon
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Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Idris Elba and Samuel L. Jackson
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<strong>What to expect:</strong> The first blockbuster out of the gate could bulldoze the entire summer lineup. The original "Avengers," released in 2012, raked in <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avengers11.htm" target="_blank">$1.5 billion worldwide</a> and became the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Its follow-up looks much grimmer, but the ever-expanding cast -- which this time includes James Spader as Ultron, Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver and Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue -- won't leave Marvel's merry brand of superheroes hunting for loose change. [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZoO8QVMxkk" target="_blank">Trailer</a>]